Taking pictures with automatic settings [Intelligent Auto] Mode
■Zoom types
You can adjust the area of a picture to be taken using zoom.
Capture a wider area 
Enlarge the subject
•Optical Zoom
Zooming in up to 30x is possible if pictures without [
] have been selected by [Picture Size] on the [Rec] menu.
•Extended optical zoom
Zooming in up to 71.7x is possible when pictures with [
] have been selected by [Picture Size] on the [Rec] menu.
•[i.Zoom]
Increase the zoom ratio up to 2x higher than the original zoom ratio with limited deterioration of picture quality. Set the [i.Zoom] in the [Rec] menu to [ON].
•[Digital Zoom]
Zoom 4x further than Optical/Extended optical zoom. Note that, with Digital Zoom, enlarging will decrease picture quality. Set the [Digital Zoom] in the [Rec] menu to [ON].
•[Step Zoom]
Each time the control ring/control dial is operated, the zoom stops at the position for one of the preset focal lengths.
■Menu convenient for taking pictures
•[Picture Size]
Recording capacity guidelines (still pictures)
Save location | 18M | 5M | 0.3M |
1 | 3 | 69 | |
Card (2 GB) | 270 | 650 | 10050 |
(When [Aspect Ratio] is set to [
] and [Quality] is set to [
])
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